SB2017083010 - Input validation error in GraphicsMagick
Published: August 30, 2017 Updated: August 4, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017083010
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13775)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a denial of service issue in ReadJNXImage() in coders/jnx.c whereby large amounts of CPU and memory resources may be consumed although the file itself does not support the requests.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/b037d79b6ccd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/31/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100570
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4222-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321